Carcassman, although you may have a valid concern, its much longer term. We arent going to kill off living people to save the fish. People have been concerned about the population explosion and scarcity of resources for years. The growth in population in europe is nearly stagnant. Its the underdeveloped nations who have been starving and continue to produce more offspring. They also pollute more. Large families were essentially playing the death odds in the old days and the larger families, were ready labor. In regards to a shortage of fish, i can give you this example. When CCA began in texas, they had 1000 fishing guides. When they brought the fish back, they had to hire guides from out of state and the number of guides rose to 3000. If we fight over politicians to the point where nothing gets done, then we will have seafood shortage. CCA is involved with more than just coastal states. They join with other orgs to develope policies to keep healthy stocks of fish throughout the world, including Tuna, which are being raised in pens in Australia and fed with sardines. Salmon prey. (more overfishing of Tuna is part of the problem.)

Dino Rossi, is the only gov candidate in a long time, that has ever balanced a budget without raising taxes, Gary locke budget increases ran around 21% growth. We are in hock right now. Union membership is down under democrats, except for government jobs. Thats not the direction we need to go. One of the largest business sectors in this state, is export. Yet we cant get trucks into the port or out because the roads are clogged with traffic. They've done almost nothing to keep freight infrastructure competitive with other ports like Portland and Oakland and LA. The commercial fishing industry is shrinking because of state policies of the past and the present. During the days of Gary Locke, the evergreen freedom foundation could not even obtain the total amount of state employees. Gary lockes office didnt know. If memory serves, we had to pass, by initiative the law to allow the state auditor, Brian Sontag the authorization to conduct real world financial audits in this state. Even republican talk show host in this state support him. Government must be accountable with our money. Why is that democrats would not pass that legislation on their own?